What are 'bunker buster' bombs, and how is the US using them against Iran?
Here's what we know about 'bunker-busters,' the 30,000-pound bombs the US is using to strike nuclear sites in Iran.
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Why Nintendo is more expensive than ever
At $450, the Switch 2 is Nintendo's priciest console. Mario Kart World is priced at $80 — higher than any first-party release in Nintendo history.
Why Indonesia's mud crab industry could go extinct
Fishermen in Bali use tradition and innovation to save mud crabs and mangroves from climate change and overfishing.
How Japan's 800-year-old indigo dyeing process is still standing
Here's how natural indigo is still grown and fermented in Japan, despite the fashion industry's dependence on synthetic dyes.
How Grand Antique marble became a lost luxury of the $65 billion marble industry
Grand Antique is a marble found in only one quarry in the world.
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Why professional colored pencils are so expensive
Professional artists spend hundreds of dollars collecting high-end colored pencils because of the thoughtful precision with which they're crafted.
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How experts craft 14 instruments from around the world
Here's how Martin guitars, Steinway pianos, Selmer saxophones, and other musical instruments are made.
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Why mathematicians are obsessed with this luxury chalk
Hagoromo chalk is known for being smooth, vibrant, and dustless. Here's how it's been made for almost a century.
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4 of the world's most expensive calligraphy tools
Across East Asia, artisans handcraft high-end calligraphy tools worth thousands of dollars.
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Why giant oak barrels are key to making some of the world's most expensive wine
Luxury winemakers producing some of the most expensive wine in the world will pay up to $50,000 for a single barrel to age their wine.
How one Maya chef is preserving one of the oldest forms of barbecue
Rosalía Chay is one of the few chefs in Mexico who still cooks using an underground oven called a pib to make cochinita pibil.
Why the ugliest noodles in the world are an Indonesian delicacy
Indonesia's mie lethek noodles have a dull grayish color when cooked. We visited a factory that still makes them using 2,000-year-old methods.
How people escape modern-day slavery in Pakistan
Millions of people in Pakistan are trapped at brick kilns paying off debts that mysteriously keep growing. We followed one family's journey out.
How one of the world's rarest salts is made in the Philippines
Only a few families on the Philippine island of Bohol make asin tibuok. Nicknamed the dinosaur egg, it's one of the rarest salts in the world.
FBI whistleblower exposes alleged pro-Trump bias at the bureau
Johnathan Buma alleges that the FBI was hungry for intelligence on Hunter Biden but when his sources fingered Rudy Giuliani, he was shut down.
Meet the people saving a rare silk tradition that nearly disappeared during Cambodia's communist regime
In Cambodia, golden cocoons are turned into valuable silk textiles in an ancient technique known as "ikat." Here's why the craft is still standing.
Paris' Moulin Rouge survived a fire, war, and social changes to become the most famous cabaret in the world
The Moulin Rouge has been a Parisian staple since 1889. The current show, Féerie, cost 8 million euros to put on.
How this shop survived centuries making traditional Japanese sweets
Kamayakiyonaga is a Japanese sweets shop that's been operating for over four centuries. They specialize in kyogashi, a type of sweet made Kyoto.
Meet the man who survived 12 years of war in Syria but lost nearly everything in one day
For years, Hasan Shabout and his family dodged airstrikes and bullets during Syria's civil war. But a powerful earthquake almost took everything away.
How NYC's oldest chocolate house survived a century
Li-Lac Chocolates opened in Manhattan in 1923 making artisanal chocolate in small batches and still makes many of those original recipes today.